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English - Chapter 86 - At-Tariq

Translation by Ali Unal — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Tariq 86:1

By the heaven and that which comes at night

Verse 2 — Surah At-Tariq 86:2

What enables you to perceive what it is that comes at night

Verse 3 — Surah At-Tariq 86:3

It is the bright piercing star

Verse 4 — Surah At-Tariq 86:4

There is not a soul but over it is a guardian

Verse 5 — Surah At-Tariq 86:5

Let human, then, consider from what he has been created

Verse 6 — Surah At-Tariq 86:6

He has been created from some of a lowly fluid gushing forth

Verse 7 — Surah At-Tariq 86:7

It proceeds (as a result of incitement) between the (lumbar zone in the) vertebra and the ribs

Verse 8 — Surah At-Tariq 86:8

Surely He (Who has created human from a lowly fluid) is able to restore him (to life after his death)

Verse 9 — Surah At-Tariq 86:9

On the Day when all things (that remained or were kept) secret will be made manifest

Verse 10 — Surah At-Tariq 86:10

And he will have no power, nor a helper (against God’s punishment)

Verse 11 — Surah At-Tariq 86:11

I swear by the heaven ever-revolving (with whatever is in it and recurring patterns of rainfall)

Verse 12 — Surah At-Tariq 86:12

And by the earth, bursting (with the growth of plants)

Verse 13 — Surah At-Tariq 86:13

Surely it (the Qur’an) is a decisive Word distinguishing (between truth and falsehood)

Verse 14 — Surah At-Tariq 86:14

It is not (a word) in jest

Verse 15 — Surah At-Tariq 86:15

They (who reject it) are busy making schemes

Verse 16 — Surah At-Tariq 86:16

And I am "making a scheme

Verse 17 — Surah At-Tariq 86:17

So let the unbelievers remain at will; let them continue to remain at will for a little while